The defendants’ attorneys had filed a motion to dismiss the suit, but Hellerstein instead instructed the plaintiffs to consolidate their lawsuit with a separate sex assault suit being brought against the filmmaker by three other women, and to amend their complaint with more specific details.

Meanwhile, over in Manhattan State Supreme Court, prosecutors responded to a motion to dismiss their own charges of rape and serial sex-assault against the “Shakespeare in Love” producer.

Weinstein’s lawyers had argued that the prosecutors had hidden the fact that he had a “long-term, consensual” relationship with one of his accusers from a grand jury — with evidence including an email in which the unidentified woman allegedly told him: “I love you, always do. But I hate feeling like a booty call. :)” four years after he allegedly raped her.

In court papers filed Wednesday, Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon argued that the grand jury was presented with “a full and fair account” of Weinstein’s relationship with his accusers — and that none of the emails show the accuser denying that she was raped.

“Defendant does not allege, because he cannot, that any of the emails contain a denial of the charged rape,” Illuzzi-Orbon wrote.

“Rather, defendant claims that, at most, the emails could suggest a state of mind inconsistent with what defendant feels should be that of a rape victim.”